tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post2593330864940866106..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: Lasting Legacy - part 2,368Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-91864325697327505972012-08-08T18:34:17.222+01:002012-08-08T18:34:17.222+01:00This is not socialism. Socialism believes in compe...This is not socialism. Socialism believes in competitiveness to a degree most capitalist schools would not even begin to imagine. The mushiness your children rightly object to is something quite different and far worse educationally speaking.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-6890821568303415372012-08-08T17:45:18.170+01:002012-08-08T17:45:18.170+01:00It's an awful shame. When I was at school many...It's an awful shame. When I was at school many, many years ago, we had 4 hours of compulsory PE a week and a dedicated PE staff, who also produced a yearly school play.<br /><br />We were introduced to wonderful sports such as fencing, judo and dance drama. Of course, there was the obligatory netball and hockey too (it was a girls school).<br /><br />I'm not particularly sporty but the PE lessons gave us a well deserved break from the classroom for some fun and exercise. We even had after school sporting clubs for things like archery.<br /><br />Socialism brought about non-competitive sports in schools which pretty much killed my children's enthusiasm. They used to say, what's the point if there's no winner.<br /><br />The "Fit for Life" campaign cost the taxpayer millions, pity they didn't sink it into school sports instead of nanny state lecturing.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165615283953837706noreply@blogger.com